So I reencoded my WV library from -cx6 to -ccx6.

2017-10-03 06:34:56

Just thought I'd report, and also be of help to people who are thinking of reencoding their whole library from -c to -cc...

I have a total of 7,538 WV files (+WVC) and I was able to save 1,485,649,985 bytes (about 1.5GB) of data just by using -cc instead of -c. I know this might be a small amount for most people, but it matters to me.

Re: So I reencoded my WV library from -cx6 to -ccx6.

But as long as it's compressed as best as it can (I mean, -ccx6 but not -h) I don't really mind the wait--I already know that WavPack performs a bit worse than FLAC especially when on hybrid lossless mode (interestingly enough, WavPack seems to be better on non-CDDA audio but I did not perform extensive tests on this, so I can't be sure). However, WavPack's hybrid mode is very useful for me--that means I can transfer songs to my phone without reencoding them (and I don't mind the 200kbps audio quality of WavPack--I can't notice the difference at all anyway when I'm just listening casually).

Also, I just have an Intel Celeron N2830-based laptop, so it's pretty slow, but I'm not in a hurry anyway XD I made a Python script to convert the files for me, and I can pause and resume conversion anytime while keeping progress and computing statistics for me.

Also, that's true, I saved almost nothing by doing these--just a mere 1.5GB, but 1.5GB is pretty big for me, since my external hard drive is already running out of space.